The fire at a home near the intersection of Peach and Birch streets started just before 1 p.m. Assistant Fire Chief Cliff Rearic said the fire was put out quickly, but not before they had to rescue a woman in a wheelchair from the front porch.

Darby Blumeraitis lives in the home with her 2-year-old son and her mother, who had to be rescued.

"(The heater) was sitting in the middle of a tile floor. Somehow it caught fire. It caught the bathroom trash, the curtain to the shower," said Blumeraitis. "We just saw smoke coming through the heat vents. I grabbed (my son) and put him in the car and then waited for my mom."

Rearic said a frozen hydrant created minor issues for firefighters, who had to use a tanker truck.

The house is still standing but has damage to the basement. No one was hurt.

"ACTION NEWS 4" REPORTER ASHLIE HARDWAY, IS IN NORTH APOLLO, ARMSTRONG COUNTY TONIGHT. CAN YOU ACTUALLY STILL SMELL FIRE FROM THE FRONT PORCH HERE. EVEN THOUGH THE FIRE WAS IN THE BASEMENT, DESPITE OBSTACLES SUCH AS A FIRE HYDRANT. TRYING TO GET THIS MOTHER, AND HER WHEELCHAIR, OUT OF HER HOME. A SPACE HEATER IS TO BLAME. IT WAS SITTING IN THE MID EL OF THE FLOOR. IT CAUGHT FLIER, THE BATHROOM FLOOR, CURTAINS, SHOWER. FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO USE A TANKER ON PEACH STREET. WE JUST SAW SMOKE COMING UP THROUGH THE HEAT VENTS. I GRABBED HIM AND RAN HIM OUTSIDE AND PUT HIM IN THE CAR. THEN WAITED FOR MY MOM. AS FOR THIS FAMILY, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A MOTEL TO SPEND THE

A lawyer says drivers can keep their windows up and show their license, registration and a note saying no comment and no search. He has created versions of his flyer for 10 states. Not surprisingly, this does not sit well with law enforcement.

The district attorney's office said Allegheny County Judge Kelly Bigley ordered Charles Ninness to serve 3 to 6 years, "based in part on being a repeat felon for the cases dating back to 1976 and for the current case being a third offense, since it was the third case in the past 10 years."

Ninness, of the Bluff neighborhood in uptown Pittsburgh, was also ordered to serve a six- to 12-month sentence consecutively for a probation violation stemming from his latest DUI case.

An SUV driven by Ninness was pulled over by an East Deer Township police officer near the intersection of Baileys Run Road and a Route 28 on-ramp shortly before 1 a.m. on July 20, according to the criminal complaint.

Ninness pleaded guilty in December to DUI and driving with a suspended license, the DA's office said.

Investigation was ordered by AG Eric Holder

A Justice Department civil rights investigation has concluded that the Ferguson Police Department and the city's municipal court engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African-Americans, targeting them disproportionately for traffic stops, use of force, and jail sentences, according to a U.S. law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

The probe is the result of an investigation ordered by Attorney General Eric Holder after the police shooting that killed Michael Brown last summer.

Among the findings, reviewed by CNN: from 2012 to 2014, 85% of people subject to vehicle stops by Ferguson police were African-American; 90% of those who received citations were black; and 93% of people arrested were black. This while 67% of the Ferguson population is black.

In 88% of the cases in which the Ferguson police reported using force, it was against African-Americans. During the period 2012-2014 black drivers were twice as likely as white drivers to be searched during traffic stops, but 26% less likely to be found in possession of contraband.

Blacks were disproportionately more likely to be cited for minor infractions: 95% of tickets for "manner of walking in roadway," essentially jaywalking, were against African-Americans. Also, 94% of all "failure to comply" charges were filed against black people.

The findings in the investigation are expected to be made public as soon as Wednesday, and the Justice Department is expected to pursue a court-supervised consent decree that requires the city of Ferguson to make changes to its police and courts.

According to the findings, reviewed by CNN, African-Americans were 68% less likely to have their cases dismissed by a Ferguson municipal judge, and were overwhelmingly more likely to be arrested during traffic stops solely for an outstanding warrant by the Ferguson courts.

The investigators found evidence of racist jokes being sent around by Ferguson police and court officials. One November 2008 email read in part that President Barack Obama wouldn't likely be President for long because "what black man holds a steady job for four years."

Another jokes that made the rounds on Ferguson government email in May 2011 said: "An African American woman in New Orleans was admitted into the hospital for a pregnancy termination. Two weeks later she received a check for $3,000. She phoned the hospital to ask who it was from. The hospital said: 'Crimestoppers.'"

Ferguson officials said in a statement that they were still reviewing the findings, and would make a statement on Wednesday.